Dear Commons Community,

I have just finished reading  Jimmy Breslin:  The Man Who Told the Truth, by Richard Esposito. It is a fine biography of the Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter who worked for several New York City newspapers during a career that spanned more than forty years.  He covered many of the major stories of his day including the Son of Sam Murders, the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, the Central Park Five, Occupy Wall Street, etc.  Breslin was also an accomplished author and his book about the Catholic Church, The Church That Forgot Christ, published in 2004 is excellent. He was also a “quintessential  New Yorker” who had a keen eye for telling a story from the perspective of an everyday person.  Esposito also tells us about Breslin’s personal life, his drinking, his obsessive personality, and his sadness.  His first wife died young as did his two daughters.  As a lifelong New Yorker, I found this biography bringing back many memories and providing insights of events that dominated the news for decades.

Here is the url for an interview conducted by PBS with the author:  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/reporter-jimmy-breslin-remembered-in-new-biography-as-the-man-who-told-the-truth

Good book!

Tony

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